Troops at scene of Kenya hotel attack

(15 Jan 2019) Kenya's armed forces rushed to an upscale hotel complex in Nairobi, that came under attack on Tuesday, with a blast and heavy gunfire. Witnesses and police at the scene called it a terror attack.

The complex in Nairobi's Westlands neighborhood includes a large hotel known as DusitD2, banks and offices. Several vehicles burned. People were being rushed, even carried, from the scene.

Gunfire continued several minutes after the first reports. Black smoke rose from the scene.

Ambulances, security forces and firefighters rushed to the scene, sirens wailing.

What appeared to be plainclothes security forces inched their way toward the scene, guns in hand. Helicopters could be heard. Other people appeared to be taking cover behind fountains and other features in the lush outdoor complex.
The attack came three years to the day after al-Shabab extremists attacked a Kenyan military base in neighboring Somalia, killing scores of people. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab objects to the presence of Kenyan troops in the turbulent Horn of Africa nation.
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